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Genetic variability and history of a native Finnish horse breed

Genetics Selection Evolution, 2019
Background The Finnhorse was established as a breed more than 110 years ago by combining local Finnish landraces. Since its foundation, the breed has experienced both strong directional selection, especially for size and colour, and severe population ...
Laura Kvist, Markku Niskanen, Kristiina Mannermaa, Saskia Wutke, Jouni Aspi   +4 more
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Changes in utilization of canal crossing structures by desert mammal communities during the COVID‐19 lockdown

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 6, Issue 4, October–December 2025.
We investigated desert mammals' utilization of canal wildlife crossing structures (WCSs) in Xinjiang, China, employing COVID‐19 lockdowns as a natural experiment to evaluate anthropogenic disturbance effects. Camera trap data for four focal species revealed shifts in encounter rates, activity patterns, and predator‐prey interactions across pandemic ...
Weibo Wang, Zhixin Wen, Jilong Cheng, Tian Tian, Yu Zhang, Yaqian Cui, Yanhua Qu, Deyan Ge, Lin Xia, Qisen Yang   +9 more
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Shape variation and modularity of skull and teeth in domesticated horses and wild equids

Frontiers in Zoology, 2018
Background In horses, the morphological changes induced by the process of domestication are reportedly less pronounced than in other species, such as dogs or pigs – although the horses’ disparity has rarely been empirically tested.
Laura Heck, Laura A. B. Wilson, Allowen Evin, Madlen Stange, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra   +4 more
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Studying collective animal behaviour with drones and computer vision

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 10, Page 2229-2259, October 2025.
Abstract Drones are increasingly popular for collecting behaviour data of group‐living animals, offering inexpensive and minimally disruptive observation methods. Imagery collected by drones can be rapidly analysed using computer vision techniques to extract information, including behaviour classification, habitat analysis and identification of ...
Jenna Kline, Saadia Afridi, Edouard G. A. Rolland, Guy Maalouf, Lucie Laporte‐Devylder, Christopher Stewart, Margaret Crofoot, Charles V. Stewart, Daniel I. Rubenstein, Tanya Berger‐Wolf   +9 more
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Steppe by Steppe : Exploring Environmental Change in Southern Ukraine [PDF]

, 2016
This article considers the environmental legacy of Soviet central planning, that began in the late-1920s, and also longer-term human intervention, in the ‘natural’ world of rural Southern Ukraine.
Moon, David Gerard
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Curr ent Status of the Przewalski’s Horse Populations Reintroduced to Mongolia [PDF]

Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2007
In 1992 the reintroduction program of the Przewalski’s horses in Mongolia was initiated, and totally 84 individuals of Przewalski’s horses were brought to the Hustai National Park between 1992 and 2000.
Amarkhuu Enkhtur
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Assessing the success of conservation translocation establishment: Post‐translocation demography of Nubian giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis) in Uganda

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 10, October 2025.
Conservation translocations are crucial for restoring and bolstering wild populations of species that are either extirpated or rapidly declining. Evaluating their success requires understanding population ecology metrics and conducting long‐term monitoring, yet outcomes are often underreported.
Michael Butler Brown, Herbert Kasozi, Robert Aruho, Stephanie Fennessy, Sara Ferguson, Arthur Muneza, Julian Fennessy   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A framework for fast, large‐scale, semi‐automatic inference of animal behaviour from monocular videos

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, Page 1966-1982, September 2025.
Abstract An automatic, quick, accurate and scalable method for animal behaviour inference using only videos of animals offers unprecedented opportunities to understand complex biological phenomena and answer challenging ecological questions. The advent of sophisticated machine learning techniques now allows the development and implementation of such a ...
Eric Price, Pranav C. Khandelwal, Daniel I. Rubenstein, Aamir Ahmad   +3 more
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Radiocarbon Chronologies and Extinction Dynamics of the Late Quaternary Mammalian Megafauna of the Taimyr Peninsula, Russian Federation [PDF]

, 2002
This paper presents 75 new radiocarbon dates based on late Quaternary mammal remains recovered from eastern Taimyr Peninsula and adjacent parts of the northern Siberian lowlands, Russian Federation, including specimens of woolly mammoth (Mammuthus ...
Agenbroad, L, Flemming, C, Greenwood, AD, Greenwood, Alex D., MacPhee, RDE, MacPhee, Ross D.E., Maliave, CD, Marliave, Christian de, Mol, D, Tikhonov, Alexei N., Tikhonov, AN, Van der Plicht, H   +11 more
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Feral horses at the city gate: ecological insights and rewilding opportunity

The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 89, Issue 4, May 2025.
Using motion‐sensitive cameras, we monitored the spatial and temporal distribution of the feral horse population in the La Calvana Natura 2000 site in central Italy. We estimated that the population was growing and horses were present in 40% of the sampled area.
Ilaria Greco, Alberto Masoni, Valeria Avetta, Agnese Santi, Emilio Berti, Giulia Pini, Roberto Bartoli, Gloria Padovan, Giovanni Argenti, Camilla Dibari, Francesco Rovero, Giacomo Santini   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source